Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-30
FOREIGN.
Gladstone's Opinion of the
Coercion bill.
PAsTEUR'S INOCCULATION.
A Storm of Wrath Raised in Eng
land and Ireland by the
Coercion Project.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
LONDON, March 29-Gladstone re
sumed the debate on the Irish crimina
law amendment and was loudly cheered
when he rose. He said On issue of GO
grave proposal as was now put forth
by the government, required ample time
for consideration. He found himself
bound to support Parnelps amendment
because the ground on which Balfour
based the governments case was abso.
lutely insufficient and unsatisfactory.
The governments bill, instead Of
being q cure for Irish ills
or even palliative would aggra.
vate the deep seated aud worst
disorders. With this coercion bill, OK.
claimed Gladstone, the prospect of con.
ciliation vanished into air. The govern.
ment intended to exclude the land bill,
which was the main recommendation of
the commission which has just com.
peted an exhaustive investigation of
the Irish question. Every Irish
and English member should have
the fullest information for presenting
his views (cheers) and for scrutinizing
the proposals of the government.
Among its most insulting and exasperat-
ing proposals the worst ever submitted
to parliament was the provision that
Irish trials be held in London. He never
knew such blow at the national feeling
of Ireland. The government could de-
wise nothing more likely to aggravate
every existing event as to demand the
permanent duration of this bill. The
proposals made ones blood boil.
To establish what was formerly only Q
temporary remedy as a permanent rule
of existence of society in Ireland, would
put the brand of inferiority upon Ire.
land forever, recognizing as fixed prin-
ciple that force was remedy. The les.
son of many Irish showed that force was
no remedy since the election of 1885;
since the bulk of Liberals had judged it
both right and safe to grant Home Rule
to ireland, she had been free from
crime and outrage, condition long an.
known. Why was this? Because the
Irish people knew that large, though
insufficiently large. body of Legislators
represented their interests and would
abide with them to the last. (Cheers. J
II the Liberals acceded to the appeals of
the Government, the result would be
retrogression. The Irish people would
return to state of things which the
Liberals efforts had already partly rem
edied. So long as Ireland continued
in the present course of moderation, so
long would the Liberals be bound to
persevere in their endeavor to assist her.
The time would soon come when to
many, now supporting the cause of Ire.
land, would be added many more; when
proposal, such as these. of
the government would no more be asso-
ciated with the name of Ireland and
when it would be seen that in doing
what they could now to serve the Irish
cause they were observing the cause of
the wide empire of Great Britain. PRO.
longed cheering Goschen taunted
Gladstone on his alliance with the
National League. He asked him how
he would continue to meet the Leagues
constantly increasing demands until alb
solute separation should be completed.
Every body but the allies of the League
considered the state of Ireland intolera-
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